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Definition of To clew down

To clew down
Clew Clew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. & vb. n. Clewing.] [Cf. D. kluwenen. See Clew, n.] 1. To direct; to guide, as by a thread. [Obs.] Direct and clew me out the way to happiness. --Beau. && Fl. 2. (Naut.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard. To clew down (Naut.), to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines. To clew up (Naut.), to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.

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- square sail design—it is the arc of a circle above a straight line from clew to clew at the foot of a square sail, from which sail material is omitted. The...
- Henry Clews (August 14, 1834 – January 31, 1923) was a British-American financier and author. He was an economic advisor to President Ulysses S. Grant...
- Charles Clews (September 27, 1919 – January 29, 2009) was a Maltese comic actor and script writer. Clews was one of the first contributors to the local...
- "Here comes Cape Horn!" said the chief mate; and we had hardly time to haul down and clew up, before it was upon us. In a few moments, a heavier sea was raised...
- chain) used to control the movable corner(s) (clews) of a sail. In nautical usage the term "sheet" is applied to a line or chain attached to the lower corners...
- Cahernamart) is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. It is at the south-east corner of Clew Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Ireland. Westport...
- Paul Gordon Clews (born 19 July 1979 in Coventry, England) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Clews has ridden for Great Britain at Under-21...
- because he believed Daedalus gave Minos's daughter, Ariadne, a clew (or ball of string) in order to help Theseus escape the labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur...
- in rugby union during the 1970s. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Clews moved to Canberra with his family and gained a re****tion as a promising young...
- Dorinish (Irish: Deoirinis) is an uninhabited island in Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. During the 1970s it was briefly inhabited by Hippies who established...